Xiang Rong
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Xiang Rong | |
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Born | 1810 Wuxi County, Chongqing, China |
Died | 9 August 1856 (aged 45–46) Danyang, China |
Allegiance | Qing dynasty |
Years of service | 1830–1856 |
Rank | Field Marshal (1854) |
Unit | Army group |
Commands | Chief commander of the Jiangnan Battalion |
Battles/wars | First rout the Army Group Jiangnan (1853–1856) |
Awards | created the royal BATURU (Manchu:the Brave) in 1853 created Imperial yellow jacket ( buried in the Nanjing Pantheon. |
Xiang Rong (Chinese:
Continuing after Guangxi, Xiang Rong never gave up and tracked the Taiping rebels across three province to Jiangnan in southern China.[1] His Jiangnan Battalion (part of the Green Standard Army) was constantly defeated by the Taiping rebel army outside Nanjing. The Taiping rebel army broke through his various encirclements and occupied Wuhan and Nanjing, giving rise to a huge civil war.
Death
[edit]He and his vice commander Zhang Guoliang commanded a 90,000 man force together from April 1853.
In 1856, Xiang Rong's army fought against Qin Rigang for one month and was defeated by Qin Rigang's militia, Xiang Rong was wounded and died after several days in Danyang City.
References
[edit]- ^ Olivová, L.B.; Børdahl, V. (2009). Lifestyle and Entertainment in Yangzhou. NIAS studies in Asian topics. NIAS Press. ISBN 9788776940355.